Bernard Germain Etienne de la Ville-sur- Illon, Count of Lacepede ( 1756 - 1825 )

Birth: Agen, France (26 December 1756) Death: Epinay-sur-Seine, France (06 October 1825) Research Field: Zoology Career: Soldier, Bavarian army; Curator of the Natural History Collection, Jardin du Roi, Paris and Professor of Natural History, through the influence of Buffon and Daubenton; minister of State; Peer of France (1814) Memberships: Institute of France (1796) Membership: Fellow Election Date: 17/04/1806.